Twenty-three years ago. I went to Bolivia filled with youth, health, and an adventurous silver streak in my otherwise brown hair, but I couldn’t appreciate the riches of the Wild West of Bolivia the way my father-in-law (Papito) did. He drew from those riches when we first met at their apartment in Washington, DC. We… Continue reading The Mother Lode Of The Wild West, Bolivia
Re-entering life after a major illness might be the most challenging part of the whole getting sick thing. It makes me scratch the hair that’s finally growing in and ask, “How do I belong?” I’ve got a lot of catching up to do to understand what’s been going on without me. But then I remind… Continue reading Lost in Na-nu Na-nu
The low key videoconferenced NFL draft last week had Dad thinking of his own humble origins for the Philadelphia 76ers. It’s what these times are doing to us…bringing us to our knees. And as we bow to the crown that now rules over all of us, we are given pause to re-imagine what it means… Continue reading Humbled By The Crown
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